 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 pages
...to be the ha-ppitsr extemporaneous production that he had ever heard : " The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no. argument but Force ; With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument." — The late Mr. Warton was... | |
 | Mark Noble - Great Britain - 1806 - 446 pages
...extorted praise even from Johnson himself, in favour of a Cambridge man, The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse: For tories own no argument but force. With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent: For whigs allow no force but argument. WILLIAM BEVERIDGE, Bishop... | |
 | Panorama - Epigrams, English - 1809 - 368 pages
...as well discerning How mnch that loyal body wanted teaming. THE ANSWER. THE King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force. With equal care to Cambridge, books he sent; For W higs allow no force but argument. ON THE LATE KING'S STATUE... | |
 | Epigrams - 1812 - 156 pages
...discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. XCIX. The Jlnxwen The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse ; For Tories own no argument but force. With equal care to Cambridge, books he sent ; For Whigs allow no force but argument. C. The skilful Painter. The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 518 pages
...subjoin a well-known epigram by sir William Browne, which the critics have pronounced to be a good one: " The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For. tories...argument but force ; With equal skill, to Cambridge books he sent. For whigs admit no force but argument." But the following, by an Oxonian, which gave rise... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...much that loyal body wanted learning. Anttoered by Sir William Browne. THE king to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. The Friendly Contest. WHILE... | |
 | William Wadd - Directories - 1824 - 288 pages
...Queen Square, London, 1774. He was the author of several lively essays and a well-known epigram. " The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories...argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument." BRUGIS, THOMAS. A small oval. T. Cross sc. 1670. He... | |
 | George Wentworth - English poetry - 1824 - 378 pages
...sent, as well discerning That this right loyal body wanted learning." " The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent, For \Vhigs allow no force but argument." ON A WATCH. He that a watch... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...that right loyal body wanted learning/ Which effusion elicited the subjoined reply from a Cantab. Our king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force. With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. Л YOUNG AUTHOR. Swift's idea... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 pages
...wanted learning. Which, says sir William, might well be answered thus : The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent. For Whigs allow no force but argument. Mr. Johnson did him the justice... | |
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The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. 
